Lisa Zhang is my international contact. She shared her concern regarding quality and early childhood professionals: in China the importance of early childhood Education has not caught the full attention of society because of financial and geographic barrier. Especially in rural area, lack of awareness and the uncertainty of parents of the influence of ECE on the school readiness of their children lead many parents to place ECE far from the top of the education priority list. In urban area, the parents are more focus on the academic parts of learning in the ECE and rush children in their growing up process.
The professional goal that she shared with is to educate parents not to rush children in their growing-up process so that children enjoy their real childhood and learn what are meaningful in their life. Her professional dreams—to call for more people to advocate for early childhood education so that people understand what early childhood educators really do and show support and respect to our job. She also hopes for a more equal environment for children and that all children have their rights to live and learn.
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